Local Villages

Il Temperino is situated in a strategic touristic position. The coast and the inland hills offer magnificent opportunities for excursions to discover places usually unknown and ignored by most tourists.
The whole of this area is an invitation for a short break. Because with just short trips you can arrive ‘faraway’ coming into contact with the local people who keep the discreet soul of this Etruscan territory alive.

Stone villages, antique necropolis , castles and watch towers are the traces of man in these surroundings that live and breathe the Mediterranean

You can reach fascinating areas by car, in the large and sunny Val di Cornia, the last part of the Etruscan Coast which overlooks Elba Island and which is situated behind the city of Piombino. This costal area, characterised with pools and marshes up until the last century, today represents an extraordinary patrimonial of natural and cultural evidence

Parks and museums

A trip in the system of the Val di Cornia Parks
The last southern part of the Etruscan Coast, designed by nature and by man.
The Val di Cornia Parks are made up of a group of protected areas which give value to the characteristics of this territory, extremely rich in history and archaeology as well as its landscapes and nature. In particular, the Val di Cornia Parks protect the relationship between man and the environment in a territory that as from Etruscan times has been characterised by an intense working activity connected to the use of minerals, particularly iron.

The Parks give us an varied and complete interpretation of this territory, which comprises of 6 areas, of great natural and environmental value and a museum in Piombino.
PARCHEOCARD, the discount card for the Val di Cornia Parks. It is a useful idea which allows you to gain access to a system of tourist and cultural services in the area. The ParcheoCard offers reductions within the Parks and museums of the Val di Cornia and in the use of it’s other tourist facilities.

A journey towards the islands

Between the coasts of Livorno and Grosseto and the faraway Corsica, easily seen on the horizon on a clear day, pieces of Tuscany emerge, even the most averse and secluded, beaten by the waves and bent by the winds that blow through the Mediterranean open spaces.
When we talk about an archipelago, we imagine a cluster of islands that in a certain way make up a ‘group’ with similar environmental conditions, but in reality one of the principal characteristics of this archipelago is identified in the fact it reproduces in the sea the inborn spirit of a region with it’s bell towers, municipals, of the internal subdivision that comes from a deep sense of independence and freedom that comes not only from it’s people but also from it’s stonework.

And so the islands immersed in the blue sea are all proud of their individuality underlined by a seclusion that goes further than just their physical appearance.
Elba Island, the nearest to the coast and also the largest (the 3rd biggest Italian island) is also the most visited. The island of Giglio is a tourist spot that is appreciated for it’s the balance it offers between uncontaminated areas, a lively atmosphere (in summer) and history.
Capraia is an ideal stop over leading towards the wild seclusion of the other parts of the archipelago; Giannutri, Montecristo, Pianosa and Gorgona. Leaving firm ground is always a gesture that inspires a certain sense of liberty and the opportunity that this trip between the Tuscan land and sea is an very exclusive invitation.